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Leviticus 1
17 verses with commentary
The Burnt Offering
And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
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<strong>And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbolizing total dedication.<br><br><br>Every sacrifice and rit...
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(1) **And the Lord called . . . and spake.**—Rather, *And he called unto Moses, and the Lord spake, &c. *(See Leviticus 8:15.) At the end of the previous book we are told that when the tent of meeting was completed, the Lord showed His approbation of it by covering the outside of the edifice with a heaven-sent cloud, and by filling the inside with His glory (Exodus 40:34-38). *He *therefore, who h...
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**21. This is the sum of the tabernacle--**Having completed his description of the component parts of the tabernacle, the inspired historian digresses into a statement respecting the gold and silver employed in it, the computation being made according to an order of Moses--by the Levites, under the direction of Ithamar, Aaron's youngest son.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
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<strong>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely cons...
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(2) **Speak unto the children of Israel.**—The directions for the different sacrifices specified in Leviticus 1:2; Leviticus 3:17, are not in the first instance communicated to the priests who should teach them to the people, but are directly addressed to the people themselves.
**Ye shall bring your offering . . . —**Or, *from the cattle ye shall bring your offering, from the oxen and from the flo...
Read full commentary →If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
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<strong>If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was...
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(3) **If his offering be a burnt sacrifice.**—Having stated what is meant by animals, the directions now treat upon the different kinds of the offerings them-selves. First in order comes the burnt offering, which is divided into burnt offering from the beeves (Leviticus 1:3-9), and burnt offering from the flock (Leviticus 1:10-13). The ox takes precedence because it is the more costly and more imp...
Read full commentary →And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
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<strong>And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbolizing total dedication.<br><br>The He...
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(4) **And he shall put his hand.**—Or, *lay his hand, *as the same phrase is rendered in Leviticus 3:2-3; Leviticus 3:17, &c. The laying on of hands by the offerer on the victim was enjoined not only in the case of burnt offerings, but also in peace offerings (Leviticus 3:2; Leviticus 3:7; Leviticus 3:13; Leviticus 8:22, &c.) and in sin offerings (Leviticus 4:4; Leviticus 4:15; Leviticus 4:24; Lev...
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**24. twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels--**equivalent to £150,00 sterling.
And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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<strong>And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offeri...
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(5) **And he shall kill the bullock.**—The sacrificer himself slaughtered the victim on the north side of the altar, by cutting its throat, while a priest or an assistant held a bowl under the neck to receive the blood.
**Before the Lord.**—That is, before the door of the tent of meeting (comp. Leviticus 1:11). The two phrases constantly interchange in the directions about the sacrifices. (Comp. L...
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**25. the silver of them that were numbered--**603,550 men at half a shekel each would contribute 301,775 shekels; which at 2s. 4d. each, amounts to £35,207 sterling. It may seem difficult to imagine how the Israelites should be possessed of so much wealth in the desert; but it should be remembered that they were enriched first by the spoils of the Egyptians, and afterwards by those of the Amaleki...
Read full commentary →And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
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<strong>And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbolizing total dedication.<br><br>The five main offerings (burnt, grain, peace, sin, and guilt) a...
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(6) **And he shall flay.**—After the priest threw the blood on the walls of the altar, the sacrificer himself had to skin and cut up the sacrifice into its natural limbs (comp. Leviticus 1:12; Leviticus 8:20; Exodus 29:17), as head, breast, legs, &c., and not mangle it. The skin was the perquisite of the officiating priest (Leviticus 8).
And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:
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<strong>And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbolizing total dedication.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood m...
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(7) **And the sons of Aaron.**—The priests are to put the fire upon the altar, because they offered the sacrifice upon the altar. This applies to the first burnt offering which was offered upon the newly-erected altar, since afterwards the fire was always burning, and was never allowed to go out (Leviticus 6:13).
**And lay the wood.**—No other fuel but wood was allowed for the altar, and no one wa...
Read full commentary →And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
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<strong>And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbolizing total dedic...
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(8) **Shall lay the parts.**—Better, *shall lay the pieces in order, *as in Leviticus 1:12. The word here rendered by *parts *is the same which is more properly translated *pieces *in Leviticus 1:6. Here again the priests are not to lay the pieces upon the altar anyhow, but are to arrange them systematically. In consequence of the *order *expressed in this verse, the rule obtained during the secon...
Read full commentary →But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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<strong>But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed...
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(9) **But his inwards.**—Before, however, the cut-up victim was thus arranged to be burnt, the stomach, the bowels, and the feet had to be thoroughly cleansed. In the time of the second Temple, the washing had to be repeated three times before the ablution was deemed complete.
**And the priest shall burn.**—The word here used is not the one generally used to denote *consuming by fire, *but it orig...
Read full commentary →And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
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<strong>And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbolizing total dedica...
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(10) **Of the flocks.**—Bullocks of course could only be offered by the wealthy. Hence the law now provides for those who could not afford so costly a sacrifice. They are to bring a lamb of the first year, which was the ordinary burnt offering in the time of Christ, and not a goat. The directions given with regard to the burnt offering from bullocks, equally apply to the burnt offering from the fl...
Read full commentary →And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
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<strong>And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbolizi...
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(11) **On the side of the altar northward.**—As the place for the refuse was on the east side (see Leviticus 1:16), as the laver stood on the west side, and as the ascent to the altar was on the south side, the north side was the most convenient for slaughtering the victims. This also applies to the sin and trespass offerings (Leviticus 4:24; Leviticus 4:29; Leviticus 4:33; Leviticus 6:25; Levitic...
Read full commentary →And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
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<strong>And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbol...
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(12) **With his head and his fat.**—That is, “he shall cut it into its pieces, and *sever *or *cut off *its head and its fat.” By a figure of speech not uncommon in Hebrew, one verb is connected with two substantives, though it only applies to one of the two, and a kindred verb has to be supplied for the second substantive to obtain the proper sense.
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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<strong>But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it ...
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CHAPTER 39 Ex 39:1-43. Garments of the Priests.
**1-2. cloths of service--**official robes. The ephod of the high priest, the robe of the ephod, the girdle of needlework, and the embroidered coat were all of fine linen; for on no material less delicate could such elaborate symbolical figures have been portrayed in embroidery, and all beautified with the same brilliant colors. (See on Ex 28:1-43).
And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
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<strong>And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbolizing total dedicatio...
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(14) **Be of fowls.**—The fowls here are in contrast to the cattle in Leviticus 1:2. And as the quadrupeds there are immediately defined to consist of bullocks, sheep and goats, so the generic term *winged creature *is here restricted to the dove and pigeon. It will thus be seen that five different kinds are allowed for the burnt offering, viz., the bullock, lamb, goat, dove and pigeon, the same t...
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CHAPTER 39 Ex 39:1-43. Garments of the Priests.
**1-2. cloths of service--**official robes. The ephod of the high priest, the robe of the ephod, the girdle of needlework, and the embroidered coat were all of fine linen; for on no material less delicate could such elaborate symbolical figures have been portrayed in embroidery, and all beautified with the same brilliant colors. (See on Ex 28:1-43).
And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: wring: or, pinch off the head with the nail
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<strong>And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, sym...
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(15) **And the priest.**—It was probably out of consideration for the feelings of the poor offerer, and to increase the importance of the otherwise small offering, that the priest himself brought the victim to the altar and slew it instead of the worshipper performing these acts, as in the case of quadrupeds. The imposition of hands upon the victim was dispensed with, both because the bird was too...
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**3. cut the gold into wires to work it--**that is, the metal was beaten with a hammer into thin plates, cut with scissors or some other instrument into long slips, then rounded into filaments or threads. "Cloth of golden tissue is not uncommon on the monuments, and specimens of it have been found rolled about mummies; but it is not easy to determine whether the gold thread was originally interwov...
Read full commentary →And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: his feathers: or, the filth thereof
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<strong>And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete consecration to God. Unlike other offerings, it was entirely consumed on the altar, symbolizing total dedication.<br><br>The...
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(16) **His crop with his feathers.**—Just as in the case of quadrupeds the skin was flayed off the victim before it was put on the altar fire, so the feathers were removed from the bird before its body was placed on the altar. This is the natural sense which is to be expected from the context, since it can hardly be imagined that the victims would be burnt with the feathers, and thus cause an into...
Read full commentary →And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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<strong>And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Burnt Offerings</strong>. The burnt offering (עֹלָה, olah) represents complete cons...
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(17) **And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof.**—Before placing it on the altar fire the priest made an incision in the wings, without, however, separating them wholly from the body, thus corresponding in some degree to the limbing of the quadruped. (See Leviticus 1:6.)
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